NALFA Goes International
November 14, 2014
NALFA is now welcoming international members. Legal fee analysis is an international practice with professionals throughout the world including the UK, Australia, and Canada. While legal billing...
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$91M Fee Award in Pfizer Neurontin MDL
November 13, 2014
A recent Law 360 story, “Attys’ Fee Award Cut to $91M in Pfizer Neurontin MDL,” reports that a Massachusetts federal judge awarded $91 million to the plaintiffs attorneys in...
Judge Applies Third Circuit Prudential Fee Factors in Fee Award
November 10, 2014
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “$1.2M in Attorney Fees for Wage-and-Hour Suit Against TD Bank,” reports that class counsel who settled a wage-and-hour suit brought by tellers at TD...
Judge Considers Success Fee in Exceptional Patent Case
November 7, 2014
A recent The Recorder story, “In Seminal Case, Chipmaker Asks Judge for $8.1 Million Fee Award,” reports that semiconductor Sidense Corp. may not make new law by recovering its $2.5...
$50M in Fees/Costs at Stake in NCAA Antitrust Case
October 31, 2014
A recent CBSSports.com story, “O’Bannon Lawyers Seek $50.2 Million from NCAA in Revised Costs,” reports that lawyers for the Ed O’Bannon plaintiffs are now seeking $50.2...
Littler Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees After Win
October 29, 2014
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Littler Mendelson Hit with Fees By Federal Court in Case it Won,” reports that Littler Mendelson has been ordered to pay sanctions in a case that is...
Fee Recommendation Sparks New Fee Dispute in New York
October 11, 2014
A recent New York Law Journal story, “$1M Fees Ruling from Special Referee Spurs New Dispute,” reports that the law firm Herrick Feinstein is entitled to $1 million in fees and costs for...
New York Fee Dispute Case Can Effect State's Contingency Fee System
September 11, 2014
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Fees Case Draws Support for Contingency Arrangements,” reports that an attorney fee dispute that is making an encore appearance before the Court of...
Plaintiffs' Fee Request Slashed in BofA Class Action
September 8, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiffs Attorney Fees Slashed in BofA Case,” reports that plaintiffs attorneys who won a recent $32 million class action settlement from Bank of America Corp. are...
Alaska Rejects Method for Calculating Attorney Fees
August 29, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Alaska Rejects Method Calculating Fees,” reports that in an apparent case of first impression, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that out-of-state rates may not be...